4. 3
Maybe blue comes from the days when people
believed the sea went on forever.
And the sky followed after it.
Together they would have been very blue.
5. 4
Maybe black comes from a coalminer drinking
coffee in the middle of the night.
Or a tunnel that never ends.
Or liquorice that never ends.
Or an eel underneath a rock.
6. 7
Maybe pink comes from a petal on a page.
Or a flamingo´s feather falling
Or too much candy floss at the fair.
7. 8
Maybe red comes from tomatoes that nobody
picks, or leftover lipstick.
Maybe red comes from anger underneath the
earth.
8. 11
Maybe green comes from a frog waiting for a fly
and a snake nearby.
Or a secret field of grass where an old dragon lies
sleeping.
Or a turtle on top of a tank.
Maybe olive oil is tasty green.
9. 12
Maybe yellow comes from two chefs that can´t
stop making custard.
Maybe yellow comes from a light bulb in a light-
house, or buttercups on a bank and gold in a
bank and lemons and bananas and egg yolks for
breakfast.
10. 15
Maybe brown comes from brown bears eating
bruised apples.
Or a brunette brushing her hair.
Maybe brown comes when autumn arrives.
11. 16
Maybe orange comes from when the sun cools
down at the end of the day, when people are too
tired.
12. 19
Maybe purple is a phase, or the colour of a forest
hidden away.
Maybe purple is a piece of luck or a lady´s hat.
If a kiss has a colour it could be purple.
13. 20
Maybe white comes from doves in a dream.
Or maybe white is quiet, like a snowman stirring
cream.
